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Title Communism and reform in East Asia / edited by David S.G. Goodman
Published London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015

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Series Routledge library editions. Modern East and South East Asia ; volume 3
Routledge library editions. Modern East and South East Asia ; volume 3
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Table of Contents; Editorial Preface; Abbreviations; Communism in East Asia: The Production Imperative, Legitimacy and Reform; The Reform Process in the People's Republic of China; Reform, Local Political Institutions and the Village Economy in China; China: The New Inheritance Law and the Peasant Household; North Korea: The End of the Beginning; Ideology and the Legitimation Crisis in North Korea; Vietnam: The Slow Road to Reform; The Mongolian People's Republic in the 1980s: Continuity and Change
Summary The West no longer regards communism in East Asia as a threat. On the contrary, because the communist party states of East Asia appear to be undergoing a process of reform directed primarily at economic modernization, it is now regarded as a potential market. The West's attitude is reinforced by the recognition of East Asia's economic importance more generally - a perception which in itself undoubtedly stimulated reform in the region's communist party states. The causes, extent and consequences of reform in the East Asian communist party states are the concerns of the contributions to this vol
Notes "First published in 1988 by Frank Cass and Company Limited"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Communism -- East Asia
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
Communism
Politics and government
Social conditions
SUBJECT East Asia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011005273
East Asia -- Social conditions
Subject East Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Goodman, David S. G., editor.
ISBN 131745104X
9781317451044
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